I am sure you know how to use Google to research topics you are writing about, but do you know ALL the features Google offers and ALL the tricks to get the most out of your search efforts? There is an interesting tutorial on the UC Berkeley web site called “Googling to the Max” It even tells you about using Google Scholar to find the latest in academic research on your topic.
A good as Google is, there are some other search engines that help you search the “invisible web”. Yahoo! and Ask.com are two of Google’s competitors that provide additional features. Here are six others that many folks are not aware of:
- Librarians’ Internet Index
- Infomine
- Academic Info
- About.com
- Find Law
- Google Directory
- Google Scholar
- Yahoo! Directory
These add additional search features such as Boolean searching or truncation that may help you find that extra tidbit of fact that will make your copy shine.
For more information about the “invisible web”, see the Deep Web article on Wikipedia.